I won a $1million lottery jackpot - but I walked away with just over half after making an unpopular
A RETIREE has pocketed considerably less than the $1million jackpot he held the winning ticket for after making an unpopular choice.
In West Boylston, Massachusetts, a suburb about nine miles north of Worcester, resident Paul Bashaw, 66, hit the jackpot and cashed it in on the same day he retired.
On July 17, Washaw informed his employer of over 20 years he'd be retiring by the end of the month and bought a scratch-off ticket a few days later during that same week, per the Massachusetts State Lottery.
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